Teresa Montefusco was at the very beginning of the rapid development of women's gymnastics. At the 1960 Rome Olympic World Games, Montefusco and her teammates brought the women's team from 23rd slot in the 1956 Olympics up to 9th place finish. "It was the biggest leap ever made by a gymnastic team," she recalls.

Enrolled at an early age with the Dentino School of Dance, she soon supplemented regular dance work with specialized Aerial Acrobatics with the most outstanding Midwest instructor, the late James Rozanas.

At age 12 she toured 22 states, Canada & Mexico, as Rozanas's top student and his tumbling demonstrator on a 14-week tour of dance studios across the nation two summers in succession.

At the 1958 A.A.U. National Championships, gymnastic Coach Herb Vogel, Flint, Michigan, recognized her solid gymnastic potential. At his urging, she left Peoria to join eight other female gymnasts to begin training.

She entered the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, won the gold medal for All-Around and was ranked with the distinction of being top female gymnast in Floor Exercise event in the entire Western Hemisphere. Altogether she brought home four medals.

Montefusco competed in the 1960 Olympics finishing 58th. AllAround out of 33 Countries with over 280 female contestants. She became the 1st Peorian gymnast to carry Uncle Sam's colors in the historic World Eliminations in Rome.

She is better known as "Teri Miller", the mother of three sons, and, at the time of this writing, employed at Proctor Hospital and operates Teri's Aerobics in Peoria Heights.

Winner of the Outstanding Tri-County Sports Figure for 1969, 1972 and co-winner in 1984, Tom Peeler ended his career as head football coach at Richwoods High School last year after 30 years of coaching. But Peeler ended that career on a very high note, after leading the Knights to a Class 5A State Championship in a 21-14 win over Deerfield. It was a proud moment in Tri-County football history - the first time in 11 years an area team had made it past the second round.

Peeler's overall record is 188-104-2, but it is his 20 year record of 129-68-1 at Richwoods for which he is most noted, winning seven conference titles, with six undefeated teams in regular season play.

Peeler received great satisfaction in being able to coach his four sons: Tom, David, Jeff and Greg. The football squads on which his sons played produced a record of 59-4-1 including a 13-0 season and a state championship. His son Greg was quarterback of this 1984 championship team.